HELP!!!! connecting database to JApplet

Question

I have posted earlier and received help repainting panels on my JApplet. However, my applet doesn't retrieve data from an Access database which is also on the server in the same folder.
When I run the class as an application on my local pc it works fine but as an applet on the server it doesn't retrieve the data. It doesn't retrieve anything. It doesn't even connect to the driver properly. My code to connect is like so:
<code>
//connects to database
String dataSourceName = "http://fiji.agere.com/indrani/db1.mdb";
String dbURL = "jdbc:odbc:" + dataSourceName;
try{
Class.forName("sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver");
}catch(Exception e){System.out.println("Could not connect to driver.");}
try{   
Connection con = DriverManager.getConnection(dbURL, "","");
Statement stmt = con.createStatement();
ResultSet result = stmt.executeQuery("SELECT Function FROM function_description ORDER BY Function ASC");
}catch (SQLException e){System.out.println(e.getMessage());}
</code>
I put the code in the Init method and in myactionPerformed method.

Answer 1

I have very limited experience in this area but I have got to make up for a dumb question asked elsewhere by me! So here goes, the datasource name looks wrong. It is in an internet format (HTTP...) rather than a simple file path and name. If this code is running on the actual server that the mdb file is on then I would think that the format would be similar to that of your application code.